Praca podejmuje problematykę kontestacji współczesnej globalizacji. Książka, pisana z perspektywy doświadczeń antropologicznych, sytuuje się w szerokim nurcie zainteresowań nauk społecznych ...
W książce zostały zebrane rozpoznania literackich śladów doświadczenia przełomu 1989 roku – w wymiarze indywidualnym i zbiorowym, z uwzględnieniem specyfiki i odmienności jednostkowych...
What is worse than Nero? What is better than Nero’s Baths?’ – so wrote the poet Martial in the first century AD, demonstrating the power that buildings have on public consciousnes...
Bauhaus Goes West is the story of cultural and artistic exchange between Germany and the West over a period of seventy years. It presents a view of the influential Bauhaus school in relation to the...
O przedmiocie badań informatyki. Studium filozoficzne to spojrzenie na informatykę okiem filozofa. Jest próbą zdefiniowania informatyki jako nauki przez pryzmat badanych przez nią obiekt&oac...
Exploring the origins, designs and themes of over one hundred pictures from different periods and places, Susan Woodford artfully expands our appreciation of pictures. Woodford’s riveting pro...
Monografia stanowi oryginalną próbę zrozumienia związków piłki nożnej w Hiszpanii z historią tego kraju w kontekście nacjonalizmu i tożsamości. Autor zarysowuje swoistą genealogię his...
Surrealism was launched as a literary and artistic movement by French poet André Breton in 1924, and by the time of his death in 1966 had become one of the most popular art movements of the ...
This sequel to Olivier Dupon's bestselling The New Artisans - the book that began it all - showcases 60 new makers whose creations will inspire and delight. The book is divided into two sections fo...
Body art is the most intimate art form, linking the self, the senses, and the social and political. Today, in almost any major city worldwide, you will encounter tattoos, piercings, henna painting ...
Robert Cave examines 100 extraordinary projects, theories and experiments that have been conducted in the name of science. Some, including various nuclear tests, have attracted controversy and host...
Throughout, the shifting balance of power between the Axis and the Allies and the global nature of the war and its devastation are made strikingly clear. Original, accessible and fascinating,...
This book offers a largely chronological illustrated guide to how the chemical elements were discovered over the past three millennia. It provides a view not just of how we came to understand what ...
For anyone who has ever been fascinated by the night sky, this beautifully designed introduction to astronomy and its history reveals the compelling story of mankind's quest through the ages to unl...
Atlantis, the island continent that vanished under the sea, is one of the most haunting themes of legend. It has preoccupied thinkers for more than two thousand years, from Plato to Rudolf Steiner....
How do writers and citizens in the different countries of the world view their own past? What key events and influences shaped those perspectives? And how accurate are the views of foreign commenta...
Ian Jeffrey is a superb guide in this profusely illustrated introduction to the appreciation of photography as an art form. Novices and experts alike will gain a deeper understanding of great photo...
The idea of the temple the holy precinct, the dwelling place of the gods is central to all religions. The site of ritual and initiation, the mountain, the waters of generation, the pillar joining h...
Autorzy proponują przeanalizowanie wybranych aspektów życia i twórczości prozatorskiej wybitnego współczesnego pisarza ukraińskiego – Ołesia Ulianenki (1962–2010) w...
Monografia składa się z dwóch części. W pierwszej zamieszczone zostały interdyscyplinarne re?eksje teoretyczne dotyczące nauczyciela. Ujęto je szeroko, tak jak zaproponowane zostało to w tyt...